As asynchronous work continues to veer toward the norm for many US companies, corporate real estate executives are struggling to nail down their space needs, making leasing increasingly challenging for the office sector.

"A particularly challenging pain point is the discrepancy between how employees say they work in the office and what building and utilization data shows," says Tony Josipovic, JLL Global Product Management executive director in a new post.  "Getting a true benchmark is already challenging and it's a must have – think of it as a table-stakes."

Josipovic says the problem with the rise of WFH is that space demand is erratic "and doesn't necessarily result in a 1:1 seat to worker ratio." He predicts that phenomenon will continues to grow as asynchronous work is more widely adopted.